Literary notebooks of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., [Circa 1930]-?1959, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27085-27141
Scope and Contents
These are chiefly school exercise books, used by Hugh MacDiarmid to draft poems and prose pieces, to make notes from his reading, and for other jottings. They include a draft introduction and part of ‘The Birlinn of Clanranald’, 1934, (MSS.27089-27090'); a reply to a review of ‘The golden treasury of Scottish poetry’, 1940 (MS.27102); and parts of the introduction and chapters 6 and 9 of ‘Lucky Poet’, 1943 (MSS.27106-27113). MS.27141 consists of translations of poems by the Bulgarian poets Botev and Smirnenski.
Dates
- Creation: [Circa 1930]-?1959, undated.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
57 Volumes
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk